Bag-holder



J. EVERED.'

(N Model.)

BAG HoLDBR.

No. 553,455. Patented Jan. 21, 1896.

UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN EVERED, OF DENVER, INDIANA.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,455, dated January 21, 1896.

Application filed `August 5, 1895. Serial No. 558,342. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN EVERED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders; and I do hereby decla-re the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in vbag-holders adapted to be used on handtrucks, although it may be used to good advantage on a standard or upright frame, and the object that I have in view is to provide a simple, inexpensive and reliable contrivance for holding a bag in position, and with its mouth opened or distended, convenient for filling the bag.

A further object of my invention is t0 provide for vertical adjustment of the parts to accommodate bags of different lengths, and a further object of the invention is to provide means for holding and directing a cord so that the mouth of the bag can be readily tied and secured.

IVith these ends in view my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be herein after fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand my invention, I have illustrated the preferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a truck equipped with my bag-holder. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, andvFig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the plane indicated by the dotted line a; of Fig. 2. Fig. et is a detail view of a modified construction of the bow provided with angular arms adapted to clamp the bag between themselves and the bar to which the bow is pivoted.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures, A designates an ordinary hand-truck, consisting of the side bars a having the handles a', the cross-bars b, the foot c, and the axle d journaled in suitable hangers d and provided with the rollers d2,

all of which may be of the usual or any preferred construction.

To apply my adjustable bag-holder to the truck, I form a series of apertures e f in the inner opposing faces of the side rails a of the truck-frame, and provide the transverse carrying-bar G. This carrying-bar G is applied or fitted against the front side of the truckframe, near the upper cross-bar h, and it is provided on its rear side with iixed boxings or casings g, which are disposed near the ends of said bar G and close to the apertured faces of the side rails c. In these xed housings or casings are supported horizontal slidable spring-pressed bolts or pins 7L, which are normally projected into two of the apertures e f in the rails, whereby the bar G is held securely on the truck-frame, and it maybe adjustedeither raised or lowered-by withdrawing the bolts 7L, moving the bar to the desired position, and again releasing the bolts to permit them to fit into other apertures in the side rails, as will be readily understood.

The bar G carries the bag-holding devices, which are thus made adjustable with the bar for the purpose of accommodating bags of different lengths. These holders consist of a series of hooks "L' j 7c and a bow L. The bow is preferably bent from a piece of stout wire or metal, and its ends are provided with the trunnions and clamps Z Z', which are pivotally supported or journaled in fixed loops or staples Zl and which are adapted to clamp the upper edge of the bag against the bar G. It will be noted that the trunnions Z are bent inwardly toward each other, and that the ends Z' l are bent at right angles to the trunnions Z to form the clamps and to serve as staples to arrest the downward movement of the bow because the right-angled ends Z' are adapted to bear on the bar G.

The bow L has an inwardly-extending prong m at its middle to take into the bag near the mouth thereof and hold the mouth of the bag open when the bag is suspended on the hooks t' j 7f3. These hooks are right angled in form, with their horizontal legs driven into the bar G and with their vertical ends pointed to easily penetrate the bag, and one hook, j, is arranged on the middle of the bar G, while the other hooks, ik, are fastened to the bar G out- IOO side of the staples l", which pivotally support the bow L on the bar G. l

N designates a vertical bar arranged centrally and longitudinally on the truck-frame, its ends being suitably fastened to the crossrails b. This vertical bar carries a twine box or receptacle n near one end in which is stored a ball of cord or twine. The twine is led or carried through a clamp O, which consists of a fixed jaw o, a movable jaw o pivotally supported at or near one end, and an adjustingscrew o2, by manipulating which screw the movable jaw o may be caused to bear more or less upon the twine and the fixed jaw, so that the play or passage of the twine can be regulated and it can be held taut, as desired. From the tension-clamp O the twine passes over a guide-roller P to and through the cutter Q. This Aguide-:roller is in line with the ten sion-clamp O immediately above the same, and it is loosely mounted or journaled on a pin p, fastened to the bar N, near the upper end thereof, or to the upper cross-rail b of the truck-frame. The twine-cutter Q is fastened to the outside of one rail a of the frame, and it consists of a metallic plate having a perforated arm q and a cutter-bar QQ the said cutter-bar q being separated from the arm q by a tapering recess, and the inner edge of said cutter-bar q having a beveled cuttingedge,as shown, The twine-cutter is arranged at one side of the guide-roller P and about on the same level therewith, and it serves to direct and hold the cord in convenient position for the operator to grasp the cord preliminary to adjusting it around the mouth of the bag to tie the same.

In use the truck is turned to an upright position, the bag is attached to the hooks j k, and the bowL is adjusted in the mouth of the bag to spread it open. The bag is held at its upper end by the hooks j k, and it is clamped between the bar G and the ends Z Z of the bow. The bag is held in a convenient position for filling, and after this has been done the bow is turned up out of the way and the cord is passed around the mouth of the bag, the cord being out by pressing it against the sharp edge of the cutter-bar q'.

Vhile I have shown and described my bagholder applied to a hand-truck, yet I do not wish to be understood as strictly limiting myself to the use of the holding devices in connection with such a truck, as I am aware that the bag-holder and the twine devices maybe used on an upright stand or frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The truck having the longitudinal bar N, a twine receptacle thereon, the friction clamp, a guide roller arranged above said clamp and journaled on the bar N, the adjustable bar G applied against one side of the truck frame and having spring bolts adapted to fit in apertures in the side rails of the truck frame, a bow pivoted to the bar G, and hooks fastened to said bar G, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOIIN EVERED.

Witnesses:

S. M. FISHER, JACOB CRooK. 

